A 17-year-old babysitter in Whatcom County, Washington orchestrated a false home invasion along with her 16-year-old boyfriend and another male suspect. After getting 4-year-old Abby out of the house so her friends could do the deed, the babysitter made up a story about two armed black men breaking into the Ferndale home. She went on to say that one of the men looked like Cody Oakes, the next door neighbor.

Oakes, an operations manager for JP Morgan, was arrested and questioned before Abby broke the case open by telling police they had the wrong skin color, the robbers were white. The case began to unravel from there, and the babysitter confessed.

Abby, despite her detective skills, says she would “love to be a doctor.”

Not surprisingly, I LOVED what she drew. I had drawn a woman’s face, and she had turned her into a dinosaur-woman. It was beautiful, it was carefree, and for as much as I don’t like to share, I LOVED what she had created. Flipping through my sketchbook, I found another doodle of a face I had not yet finished. She drew a body on it, too, and I was enthralled. It was such a beautiful combination of my style and hers. And she LOVED being a part of it. She never hesitated in her intent. She wasn’t tentative. She was insistent and confident that she would of course improve any illustration I might have done. …And the thing is, she DID.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2013/07/eindhoven-we-love-youth/feed/1“We Didn’t Get Rid of a Military Regime to Replace It With a Fascist Theocracy.”http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2013/07/we-didnt-get-rid-of-a-military-regime-to-replace-it-with-a-fascist-theocracy/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2013/07/we-didnt-get-rid-of-a-military-regime-to-replace-it-with-a-fascist-theocracy/#commentsMon, 08 Jul 2013 20:18:08 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=47374

12-year-old Egyptian Ali Ahmed speaks on the transitioning government in Egypt, while simultaneously making us all realize none of us knows a damn thing about anything.

The Sports Illustrated Kids 2012 SportsKids of the Year are nine year old Conner Long and his seven year old brother Cayden, who was diagnosed with hypertonic cerebral palsy at four months old. Despite Cayden’s condition, the pair have competed in 14 triathlons since 2011.

A year and a half ago, he and Cayden started participating in triathlons together. Conner swims while pulling Cayden in a raft, bikes with his little brother towed behind him in a trailer, and pushes that trailer when they run. Over the past 18 months, the pair from White House, Tennessee, traveled up and down the East coast to compete in races. Seeing the brothers working together has inspired onlookers, while bringing Conner and Cayden closer than ever. Their amazing determination and spirit is why the Long brothers are the 2012 Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKids of the Year.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/12/merry-christmas-3/feed/0petraeus1-650×383Rave Onhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/12/rave-on/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/12/rave-on/#commentsMon, 24 Dec 2012 00:22:48 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=46028Come for the circus of maniacal dancing and limb waving, stay for moment at the :50 mark when you can actually see the kid in the Old Navy hoodie deciding drugs are bad…then for the guy who looks like his beard is continuously feeding him all of the drugs that kid will never take. This video’s got it all.

My buddy Neil has been working his ass off on his non-profit organization, Give and Surf, and has been working with the children of Bahia Honda for the past couple of years. White catching up the other day, he told me that the government-provided food supplies for the children are gone, so they are raising money to keep food in the kids’ mouths.

We are asking for your help. Please contribute to providing our students with food so they can learn and enjoy school and their lives with full bellies. We need to pool together our resources and purchase food that will provide thirty students food. We have the cooks, equipment, and a brand new cafeteria, but not the food.

The children of Bahia Honda have very poor diets so we will be using this fundraiser to purchase and cook healthy food. With a successful fundraiser this misfortune will be a blessing.

Take a second to help us and support our community by sharing this message with your friends and family.

The casual backhanded drop as the kid walks away. The boink noise of it resonating as it hits the ground. The ball swooshing behind him and gravity instantly taking it down. … and finally the look of disconsolate wtf from the [brother-in-law] as he resigns himself to the cameraman.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/09/absentee-parent-cooking-show/feed/0“Do Ladies Fart When They Are Going To Have A Baby?”http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/08/do-ladies-fart-when-they-are-going-to-have-a-baby/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/08/do-ladies-fart-when-they-are-going-to-have-a-baby/#commentsFri, 10 Aug 2012 19:47:30 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=44102

I think it’s a book about a haunted theme park and it stars a magical magic guy and he’s good and evil and he’s trying to get rid of the ghosts. And I think at the end, since it’s haunted by a ghost, he tried to make the park go on fire and it did.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/07/judging-books-by-their-covers/feed/001A 32-Year-Old Speaks To His 12-Year-Old Selfhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/07/a-32-year-old-speaks-to-his-12-year-old-self/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/07/a-32-year-old-speaks-to-his-12-year-old-self/#commentsThu, 05 Jul 2012 22:05:26 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=4345932-year-old filmmaker Jeremiah McDonald pulls out a video he recorded for his future self as a 12-year-old and has the conversation he waited 20 years to have.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/06/good-job-good-effort/feed/0“I Want To Know If My Hair Is Just Like Yours.”http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/i-want-to-know-if-my-hair-is-just-like-yours/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/i-want-to-know-if-my-hair-is-just-like-yours/#commentsThu, 24 May 2012 20:29:47 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=42705

The New York Times provides a long overdue backstory on this endearing photo of then-five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching Barack Obama’s head. A photo so loved by White House aides and visitors that it remains hung in the curated West Wing after three years.

The boy in the picture is Jacob Philadelphia of Columbia, Md. Three years ago this month, his father, Carlton, a former Marine, was leaving the White House staff after a two-year stint on the National Security Council that began in the Bush administration. As departing staff members often do, Mr. Philadelphia asked for a family photograph with Mr. Obama

After their photo, Mr. Philadelphia’s two sons were each allowed to ask a question. Jacob spoke first.

“I want to know if my hair is just like yours,” he told Mr. Obama, so quietly that the president asked him to speak again.

Jacob did, and Mr. Obama replied, “Why don’t you touch it and see for yourself?” He lowered his head, level with Jacob, who hesitated.

“Touch it, dude!” Mr. Obama said.

As Jacob patted the presidential crown, Mr. Souza snapped.

“So, what do you think?” Mr. Obama asked.

“Yes, it does feel the same,” Jacob said.

David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s longtime adviser, has a copy framed in his Chicago office. He said of Jacob, “Really, what he was saying is, ‘Gee, you’re just like me.’ And it doesn’t take a big leap to think that child could be thinking, ‘Maybe I could be here someday.’ This can be such a cynical business, and then there are moments like that that just remind you that it’s worth it.”

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/5-year-old-scores-bpl-goal/feed/0“It Means We Were Friends In Another Dimension.”http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/it-means-we-were-friends-in-another-dimension/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/it-means-we-were-friends-in-another-dimension/#commentsTue, 22 May 2012 22:12:51 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=42631

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/it-means-we-were-friends-in-another-dimension/feed/0“It’s Just A Costume. I Didn’t Want To Insult Anybody.”http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/its-just-a-costume-i-didnt-want-to-insult-anybody/
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Second grader Sean King dresses up as Martin Luther King Jr. (including black face paint) for a school project, gets judged by the color of his skin, content of his character completely ignored:

“They thought it was inappropriate and it will be disrespectful to black people and I say it’s not. I like black people. It’s just a costume and I don’t want to insult anybody,” said Sean.

A member of the school’s PTA, who was also a parent participating in the class project, said a group of parents inside the classroom agreed that it was ridiculous for the school to ask Sean to wash his face.

“I’ve never seen anything like this happen before. I’ve always been extremely proud of the school and where we live. I have two boys here. I’m extremely disappointed. If my own son, who is blonde, was chosen to do Martin Luther King, Jr., I would have gotten him a black wig and painted his face too,” said Pam Page.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/its-just-a-costume-i-didnt-want-to-insult-anybody/feed/0Beastie Boys – Sabotage (Kid Version)http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/beastie-boys-sabotage-kid-tribute/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/beastie-boys-sabotage-kid-tribute/#commentsMon, 14 May 2012 22:02:38 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=42474James Winters enlists the help of his wife, his kids, and his nephew to create an awesome tribute to Adam “MCA” Yauch.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/beastie-boys-sabotage-kid-tribute/feed/1“I Have To Go Poop!”http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/i-have-to-go-poop/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/05/i-have-to-go-poop/#commentsFri, 11 May 2012 20:41:07 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=42435Three-year-old Emmelyn Roettger, the nation’s youngest (and most adorable) member of Mensa, turns an interview into internet gold. (Starts at 2:25)

Caine dreamed of the day he would have lots of customers visit his arcade, and he spent months preparing everything, perfecting the game design, making displays for the prizes, designing elaborate security systems, and hand labeling paper-lunch-gift-bags. However, his dad’s autoparts store (located in an industrial part of East LA) gets almost zero foot traffic, so Caine’s chances of getting a customer were very small, and the few walk in customers that came through were always in too much of a hurry to get their auto part to play Caine’s Arcade. But Caine never gave up.

One day, by chance, I walked into Smart Parts Auto looking for a used door handle for my ’96 Corolla. What I found was an elaborate handmade cardboard arcade manned by a young boy who asked if I would like to play. I asked Caine how it worked and he told me that for $1 I could get two turns, or for $2 I could get a Fun Pass with 500 turns. I got the Fun Pass.

For years the holy grail of all skateboard tricks, the 1080, has eluded the biggest and most talented stars in skateboarding. While many have tried, it was never landed — that is until now. From the most unlikely of places, it was not a super star skateboarder that made the historic first, but a twelve-year-old skate prodigy from Malibu, California, named Tom Schaar.

As Tom’s extraordinary talent became evident, during the eight short years he’s been skating, it seemed like he might have the 1080 in his grip. The one problem? The MegaRamp used for practice at the Woodward West camp provides some of the speed and velocity needed, but the 50-foot gap in the ramp hindered Tom’s ability to keep that momentum going all the way through to the quarter pipe to land the trick successfully.

By teaming up with Red Bull, they were able to bridge the gap (literally) by creating a custom built roll-over feature, allowing Tom to drop in on the 70-foot-tall MegaRamp and roll right over the giant gap. As a result, Tom was able to maintain his speed and his run resulted in the first-ever successfully landed 1080 (three complete spins) on the 27-foot-tall quarter pipe.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/03/you-can-do-this/feed/0First Encounter With Bubbleshttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/03/first-encounter-with-bubbles/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/03/first-encounter-with-bubbles/#commentsWed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:19 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=41408One-year-old Lennon experiences bubbles for the first time, reacts the exact same way I do every time I experience bubbles.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/03/first-encounter-with-bubbles/feed/0Liverpool Fan Pokes Himself In The Eye, Continues Cheeringhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/02/liverpool-fan-pokes-himself-in-the-eye-continues-cheering/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/02/liverpool-fan-pokes-himself-in-the-eye-continues-cheering/#commentsMon, 27 Feb 2012 18:51:15 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=41084A self-inflicted eye poke does little to deter a young Liverpool fan from celebrating the club’s record 8th League Cup.

]]>http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2011/12/a-flying-baby/feed/0The Birth Of A Villainhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/2011/11/the-birth-of-a-villain/
http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2011/11/the-birth-of-a-villain/#commentsThu, 17 Nov 2011 18:07:47 +0000Endswellhttp://www.thehighdefinite.com/?p=38928That moment when you realize your daughter is destined to take over the world.